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Chávez Yes, Maduro No. The Growing Split in Venezuela.

By Rachelle Krygier

A pro-Chávez movement against Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro is getting more organized.

You can call them Chávez acolytes, you can call them Bolivarians, just don’t call them pro-Maduro.

As Venezuela's economy and institutions continue to deteriorate, long-running rifts within the country’s socialist left are becoming more apparent. Nowhere is this more evident than among a growing group of supporters of late former President Hugo Chávez who accuse the current president, Nicolás Maduro, of betraying the values of their “21st century socialist” movement.

Calling themselves “chavistas no-maduristas” or “chavistas críticos” (critical chavistas...

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